LAKE ORION, Mich. (WXYZ) — The Oakland County Sheriff’s Office confirms, Tonino Zaccagnini, a 55-year-old Lake Orion resident died Friday from an apparent drowning after falling out of a boat on Lake Orion.
At approximately 5:40 p.m. Friday, deputies from Oakland County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue Team were dispatched to the 600 block of Victoria Island to locate a missing boater.
Zaccagnini was reported missing by family members after they found items belonging to the victim “floating in the water near a boat house and an empty boat adrift on the lake,” Oakland County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a press release Saturday.
Police say the man was found about 15 feet from the shore in approximately six feet of water by a family friend.
CPR was performed after Zaccagnini was recovered by emergency responders and he was taken to a boat launch near the scene. Paramedics from the Orion Township Fire Department relieved rescue teams members and continued performing CPR and other life-saving measures. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
An autopsy is scheduled.
The circumstances surrounding the incident is currently under investigation.
